Refrigerated Pasteurized Liquid Whole Egg
Refrigerated Pasteurized Liquid Whole Egg: This PCR guides foreground data package construction for one deliberately narrow product form: unformulated refrigerated…
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CPC 3.0:23993 · exact
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1. Scope and Applicability
This PCR guides foreground data package construction for one deliberately narrow product form: unformulated refrigerated pasteurized liquid whole chicken egg, with yolk and albumen retained in the natural whole-egg proportion, filled in a food-grade bulk container and released at the processor cold-store gate.
It covers shell-egg receipt, optional shell washing, breaking, inspection, filtration, whole-egg blending or homogenization, thermal pasteurization, rapid cooling, bulk filling, refrigerated storage, cleaning-in-place (CIP), and foreground waste and wastewater handling. The reference product is not frozen, dried, cooked, sweetened, salted, stabilized for ambient storage, fractionated, or reformulated.
Separate yolk, albumen, yolk-enriched blend, egg-white blend, frozen liquid, dried powder, cooked egg, chemically preserved product, high-pressure processed product, and manothermosonication routes are excluded. A dataset must not average any of those routes with the selected liquid-whole-egg route. Any facility using a materially different product form or lethality route requires a separately declared product-specific dataset and reviewed applicability decision.
2. Product Category Identity
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| canonical_pcr_id | pcr.food-products-beverages-and-tobacco-textiles-apparel-and-leather-products.grain-mill-products-starches-and-starch-products-other-food-products.eggs-not-in-shell-and-egg-yolks-fresh-or-preserved-egg-albumin |
| classification_refs | CPC 3.0 23993, Eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh or preserved; egg albumin |
| covered_products | unformulated refrigerated pasteurized liquid whole chicken egg retaining yolk and albumen in the natural whole-egg proportion |
| excluded_products | separate yolk; separate albumen; yolk- or white-enriched blends; salted, sugared, stabilized, fermented, cooked, frozen, dried, or ambient-stable products; non-thermal lethality routes |
| representative_product | refrigerated pasteurized liquid whole chicken egg, no added salt, sugar, preservative, water, yolk, or albumen |
| production_route | shell-egg receipt and breaking; inspection and filtration; whole-egg blending or homogenization; validated thermal pasteurization; rapid cooling; bulk filling; refrigerated storage |
| market_state | liquid, pasteurized, bulk-filled, maintained at or below 4 °C, at processor cold-store gate |
3. Reference Flow
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| What | refrigerated pasteurized liquid whole chicken egg |
| How much | 1 kg net product |
| How well | unformulated; natural whole-egg yolk-to-albumen proportion; validated thermal pasteurization; no visible shell or foreign matter; product temperature at or below 4 °C at gate |
| How long or cycle | one production batch through cold-store gate; storage duration declared in hours |
| reference_flow_link | Reference amount and product flow below |
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reference amount | 1 kg net product |
| Reference product flow | Eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh or preserved, egg albumin 8ee52550-935f-4209-b758-c2d060bba326 |
| Reference flow property | Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 |
| Reference unit group | Units of mass 93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66 |
| Reference unit | kg |
| Required qualifiers | species=chicken; product_form=liquid_whole_egg; formulation=unformulated; lethality_route=thermal_pasteurization; preservation_state=refrigerated_not_frozen; gate=processor_cold_store; product_temperature_c; storage_duration_h; packaging_route=ldpe_lined_reusable_stainless_steel_bulk_tote; thermal_supply_route; refrigeration_refrigerant=R717_ammonia |
All required qualifiers must be declared in dataset metadata or equivalent machine-readable fields. The Tiangong flow identity spans the wider CPC subclass; these qualifiers narrow the dataset to the single product form governed by this PCR.
4. Measurement and Unit Rules
| rule_id | Applies to | Required property | Required unit | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
reference_mass | reference product | Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 | kg | Normalize to net liquid whole-egg mass, excluding the bulk tote and liner. |
whole_egg_identity | raw, filtered, pasteurized, and final egg streams | Mass and formulation record | kg | Keep yolk and albumen together in the natural whole-egg proportion; do not combine separate yolk or albumen production records. |
pasteurization_schedule | thermal pasteurization | temperature and minimum residence time | °C and min | Record the validated time-temperature schedule and flow-diversion evidence. For unformulated whole egg below 24% solids, 60 °C for 3.5 min is an official baseline; an alternative schedule requires documented validation and jurisdictional acceptance. |
cold_chain_temperature | post-pasteurization cooling and storage | temperature and duration | °C and h | Record continuous or batch-linked temperature history; the declared product at gate must be at or below 4 °C. |
electricity_measurement | each electricity card | Energy | kWh | Use submetered electricity by unit operation; allocate a shared meter only by documented operating time and rated load or a validated mass-throughput rule. |
thermal_energy_measurement | purchased steam, hot water, or on-site natural-gas route | Energy or carrier quantity | MJ, kg steam, m3 hot water, or kg fuel | Preserve the original carrier quantity, temperature/pressure where applicable, lower heating value for fuel, and conversion formula. |
water_measurement | shell washing, cooling, CIP, and wastewater | Volume | m3 | Keep intake, recirculated, recovered, and discharged water separate; do not record gross recirculation as net withdrawal. |
refrigerant_measurement | R717 ammonia system | Mass | kg | Use charge, purchases, additions, recovery, and disposal records; calculate losses by refrigerant mass balance. |
packaging_measurement | LDPE liner and reusable stainless-steel tote | Mass and item count | kg and item-use | Record liner mass per batch and tote identity, tare, capacity, trip count, and reuse allocation separately. |
pollutant_measurement | water and air elementary flows | Mass | kg | Calculate each named substance separately from measured concentration and discharge volume or from a documented carrier-specific factor. |
5. System Boundary
The foreground boundary begins with accepted shell eggs and utility/material inputs crossing the processor gate and ends with refrigerated pasteurized liquid whole egg in the declared bulk tote at the processor cold-store gate. Upstream shell-egg production, electricity generation, purchased steam production, natural-gas supply, water supply, chemical manufacture, and packaging manufacture are linked as upstream datasets rather than recreated in this foreground package.
| rule_id | Applies to | Rule | source_ids |
|---|---|---|---|
boundary_required_operations | foreground process map | Include receipt/breaking, filtration/blending, thermal pasteurization/rapid cooling, bulk filling/refrigerated storage, and CIP/wastewater handling. | codex-cxc-15-1976, usda-fsis-egg-products, beitia-et-al-2024 |
boundary_raw_treated_separation | facility and inventory scope | Keep raw shell-egg and untreated-liquid operations physically and record-wise separate from pasteurized product, packaging, and finished cold storage. | codex-cxc-15-1976, cfia-egg-preventive-controls |
boundary_product_form_gate | all datasets | Include only unformulated thermally pasteurized refrigerated liquid whole egg; reject any average with yolk, albumen, frozen, dried, cooked, stabilized, or non-thermal routes. | usda-fsis-egg-products, cfia-egg-preventive-controls |
boundary_thermal_supply_gate | pasteurization and CIP heat | Select either purchased steam or on-site natural-gas heat for each reporting period. If both are used, meter them separately by batch; never substitute a weighted generic heat carrier. | jrc-fdm-bref-2019 |
boundary_refrigeration_gate | cooling and cold storage | The representative route is an R717 ammonia system. Other refrigerants are outside this route and require separately named atomic input and emission cards before use. | ipcc-2019-refrigeration |
boundary_packaging_gate | bulk filling | Use the declared LDPE-lined reusable stainless-steel bulk-tote route; exclude consumer cartons, HDPE pails, bag-in-box, tanker, and aseptic ambient packaging from this dataset. | beitia-et-al-2024 |
boundary_wastewater_gate | wastewater outputs | Select off-site treatment as one wastewater waste flow or on-site treatment with separately measured direct-to-water elementary flows. Do not report both for the same wastewater mass. | us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971 |
Boundary Abstraction
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| declared_starting_condition | accepted_shell_egg_batch_at_processor_gate |
| starting_condition_role | upstream_product_input_and_foreground_batch_identity |
| product_classification_scope | current CPC 3.0 subclass 23993, narrowed to unformulated refrigerated thermally pasteurized liquid whole chicken egg |
| recursive_input_rule | purchased untreated liquid whole egg in the same CPC subclass must be recorded as an upstream input dataset with treatment_status=untreated and must not be represented as the finished reference product |
| upstream_dataset_requirement | supplier-specific shell-egg dataset or disclosed proxy with species, production system, geography, date, accepted mass, reject mass, and allocation status |
| disclosure | disclose shell-egg source, whole-egg formulation, pasteurization schedule, cooling record, thermal supply route, R717 charge and loss, packaging route, cold-store duration, coproduct fate, wastewater route, and every provisional estimate |
6. Process Inventory Structure
Inventory profile: atomic_flows:v1. Every card represents one named flow. Collection placeholders such as energy, materials, chemicals, fuels, refrigerants, packaging, wastes, or emissions are prohibited.
Process Map
| process_id | process_name | inclusion | inclusion_condition | role | quantitative_reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| shell_egg_receipt_and_breaking | Shell-Egg Receipt and Breaking | required | always | foreground_raw_material_conversion | accepted_shell_egg_mass |
| filtration_and_whole_egg_blending | Filtration and Whole-Egg Blending | required | always | foreground_conditioning | filtered_liquid_whole_egg_mass |
| thermal_pasteurization_and_rapid_cooling | Thermal Pasteurization and Rapid Cooling | required | always | foreground_lethality_and_cooling | pasteurized_cooled_liquid_whole_egg_mass |
| bulk_filling_and_refrigerated_storage | Bulk Filling and Refrigerated Storage | required | always | foreground_packaging_and_gate_release | reference_product_mass |
| cip_and_wastewater_management | CIP and Wastewater Management | required | always | foreground_sanitation_and_residual_management | reference_product_mass |
Process: Shell-Egg Receipt and Breaking (shell_egg_receipt_and_breaking)
Inputs
Product flows
Accepted shell eggs (accepted_shell_eggs)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
shell_eggs - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Shell eggs
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
net_accepted_mass_at_receipt - Amount rule: measured accepted shell-egg mass by supplier lot after receipt rejects
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_material_and_product_mass_records - Quality evidence:
calibrated_scale_certificate; supplier_delivery_record; receiving_batch_reconciliation - Sources:
codex-cxc-15-1976,beitia-et-al-2024
Electricity for receipt and breaking (receipt_breaking_electricity)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
electricity - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Electricity
- Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
- Measurement basis:
submetered_receipt_breaking_electricity - Amount rule: measured electricity for conveyors, inspection, washer, dryer, breaker, pumps, and controls
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_electricity_records - Quality evidence:
utility_invoice; submeter_calibration; equipment_runtime_log - Sources:
beitia-et-al-2024 - Range: Provisional unit-operation electricity screen
- Range role: QA guardrail (
qa_guardrail) - Lower: 0
- Upper: 0.5
- Unit: kWh/kg reference product
- Basis: broad non-publishable screening range pending industrial foreground data
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (
reasoned_estimate)
- Range role: QA guardrail (
Potable shell-wash water (shell_wash_water)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
potable_water - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Potable water
- Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
- Measurement basis:
net_shell_wash_water_withdrawal - Amount rule: measured water only when shell washing occurs at the foreground facility
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_water_and_wastewater_records - Quality evidence:
water_meter_calibration; potable_water_certificate; batch_wash_log - Sources:
codex-cxc-15-1976,beitia-et-al-2024
Hot water for shell washing (shell_wash_hot_water)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
hot_water - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Hot water
- Flow property / unit: Volume and temperature / m3 and °C
- Measurement basis:
net_hot_water_volume_and_inlet_outlet_temperature - Amount rule: measured hot-water service when shell washing uses a separately supplied hot-water loop
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Technology-specific (
technology_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_thermal_utility_records - Quality evidence:
flowmeter_calibration; temperature_sensor_calibration; wash_cycle_log - Sources:
codex-cxc-15-1976
Sodium hypochlorite shell-wash sanitizer (shell_wash_sodium_hypochlorite)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
sodium_hypochlorite - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Sodium hypochlorite solution
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg solution and kg active chlorine
- Measurement basis:
solution_mass_and_active_chlorine_fraction - Amount rule: measured sanitizer issue only when sodium hypochlorite is used in shell washing
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Product-specific (
product_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_cleaning_chemical_records - Quality evidence:
supplier_certificate_of_analysis; dosing_pump_calibration; sanitation_batch_record - Sources:
codex-cxc-15-1976
Waste flows
Elementary flows
Outputs
Product flows
Untreated liquid whole egg (untreated_liquid_whole_egg)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
untreated_liquid_whole_egg - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Untreated liquid whole egg
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
net_mass_after_breaking_and_inspection - Amount rule: measured liquid whole-egg mass transferred to filtration
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: quantitative reference of this process
- Basis kind: Process output (
process_output) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_material_and_product_mass_records - Quality evidence:
calibrated_tank_load_cell; transfer_batch_record; shell_to_liquid_mass_balance - Sources:
usda-fsis-egg-products,codex-cxc-15-1976
Recovered eggshell coproduct (recovered_eggshell_coproduct)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
eggshell_coproduct - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Recovered eggshell material
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg wet or dry basis declared
- Measurement basis:
separately_weighed_saleable_eggshell_mass - Amount rule: measured only when the shell material meets a documented product specification and is transferred for beneficial use
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per shell-egg breaking batch
- Basis kind: Process output (
process_output) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_residue_and_waste_records - Quality evidence:
calibrated_scale_record; product_specification; consignee_transfer_record - Sources:
us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971
Waste flows
Eggshell waste (eggshell_waste)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
eggshell_waste - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Waste (
waste) - Selected flow: Eggshell waste
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg wet or dry basis declared
- Measurement basis:
weighed_eggshell_waste_by_fate - Amount rule: measured only when eggshells are discarded; mutually exclusive with recovered eggshell coproduct for the same mass
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_residue_and_waste_records - Quality evidence:
calibrated_scale_record; waste_manifest; mass_balance - Sources:
us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971,beitia-et-al-2024 - Range: Provisional eggshell and membrane mass screen
- Range role: QA guardrail (
qa_guardrail) - Lower: 0.08
- Upper: 0.25
- Unit: kg/kg reference product
- Basis: broad shell and membrane mass screen after breaking
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (
reasoned_estimate)
- Range role: QA guardrail (
Rejected shell eggs (rejected_shell_eggs)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
rejected_shell_eggs - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Waste (
waste) - Selected flow: Rejected shell eggs
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
weighed_reject_mass_by_reason_and_fate - Amount rule: measured broken, leaking, dirty, spoiled, or otherwise unsuitable eggs rejected before breaking
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_residue_and_waste_records - Quality evidence:
reject_log; calibrated_scale_record; disposal_or_recovery_manifest - Sources:
codex-cxc-15-1976
Shell-wash wastewater (shell_wash_wastewater)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
shell_wash_wastewater - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Waste (
waste) - Selected flow: Shell-wash wastewater
- Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
- Measurement basis:
measured_wastewater_volume_to_declared_treatment_route - Amount rule: measured shell-wash discharge kept separate from CIP wastewater when separately routed
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_water_and_wastewater_records - Quality evidence:
discharge_flowmeter_calibration; composite_sample_chain_of_custody; treatment_transfer_record - Sources:
us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971
Elementary flows
Process: Filtration and Whole-Egg Blending (filtration_and_whole_egg_blending)
Inputs
Product flows
Untreated liquid whole egg input (untreated_liquid_whole_egg_input)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
untreated_liquid_whole_egg - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Untreated liquid whole egg
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
net_transfer_mass_into_filtration - Amount rule: measured transfer mass from the matched breaking batch
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per filtration batch
- Basis kind: Process output (
process_output) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_material_and_product_mass_records - Quality evidence:
tank_load_cell_record; batch_linkage; transfer_reconciliation - Sources:
usda-fsis-egg-products
Electricity for filtration and blending (filtration_blending_electricity)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
electricity - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Electricity
- Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
- Measurement basis:
submetered_filtration_blending_electricity - Amount rule: measured electricity for filter, pumps, agitator, and homogenizer when used
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_electricity_records - Quality evidence:
utility_invoice; submeter_calibration; equipment_runtime_log - Sources:
beitia-et-al-2024 - Range: Provisional unit-operation electricity screen
- Range role: QA guardrail (
qa_guardrail) - Lower: 0
- Upper: 0.5
- Unit: kWh/kg reference product
- Basis: broad non-publishable screening range pending industrial foreground data
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (
reasoned_estimate)
- Range role: QA guardrail (
Waste flows
Elementary flows
Outputs
Product flows
Filtered blended liquid whole egg (filtered_blended_liquid_whole_egg)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
filtered_blended_liquid_whole_egg - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Filtered blended liquid whole egg
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
net_mass_after_filtration_and_blending - Amount rule: measured batch mass released to pasteurization without added ingredients
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: quantitative reference of this process
- Basis kind: Process output (
process_output) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_material_and_product_mass_records - Quality evidence:
calibrated_tank_load_cell; filtration_release_record; formulation_zero_addition_check - Sources:
usda-fsis-egg-products,cfia-egg-preventive-controls
Waste flows
Chalazae and filter residue (chalazae_and_filter_residue)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
chalazae_and_filter_residue - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Waste (
waste) - Selected flow: Chalazae and filter residue
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
weighed_wet_residue_mass_by_fate - Amount rule: measured residue removed by inspection and filtration
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_residue_and_waste_records - Quality evidence:
calibrated_scale_record; residue_container_log; waste_manifest - Sources:
beitia-et-al-2024
Elementary flows
Process: Thermal Pasteurization and Rapid Cooling (thermal_pasteurization_and_rapid_cooling)
Inputs
Product flows
Filtered liquid whole egg input (filtered_liquid_whole_egg_input)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
filtered_blended_liquid_whole_egg - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Filtered blended liquid whole egg
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
net_mass_into_pasteurizer - Amount rule: measured matched-batch feed mass
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per pasteurization batch
- Basis kind: Process output (
process_output) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_material_and_product_mass_records - Quality evidence:
tank_load_cell_record; batch_linkage; pasteurizer_feed_totalizer - Sources:
cfia-egg-preventive-controls
Electricity for pasteurization and cooling (pasteurization_cooling_electricity)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
electricity - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Electricity
- Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
- Measurement basis:
submetered_pasteurizer_pump_heat_exchanger_and_chiller_electricity - Amount rule: measured electricity for product pumps, controls, heat exchange, chilling, and R717 compressors allocated to matched batches
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Technology-specific (
technology_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_electricity_records - Quality evidence:
utility_invoice; submeter_calibration; compressor_and_pasteurizer_runtime_log - Sources:
beitia-et-al-2024
Purchased steam for pasteurization (pasteurization_purchased_steam)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
steam - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Purchased steam
- Flow property / unit: Mass and enthalpy / kg and MJ
- Measurement basis:
metered_steam_mass_pressure_and_condensate_return - Amount rule: measured only when thermal_supply_route=purchased_steam; mutually exclusive with natural-gas heat for the same duty
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Technology-specific (
technology_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_thermal_utility_records - Quality evidence:
steam_meter_calibration; pressure_temperature_log; supplier_invoice; condensate_record - Sources:
jrc-fdm-bref-2019
Natural gas for on-site pasteurization heat (pasteurization_natural_gas)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
natural_gas - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Natural gas
- Flow property / unit: Fuel mass or volume and net energy / kg or m3 and MJ
- Measurement basis:
metered_fuel_quantity_and_lower_heating_value - Amount rule: measured only when thermal_supply_route=onsite_natural_gas; mutually exclusive with purchased steam for the same duty
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Technology-specific (
technology_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Fuel inventory (
fuel_inventory) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_fuel_and_combustion_records - Quality evidence:
custody_transfer_meter; fuel_invoice; lower_heating_value_certificate; boiler_runtime_log - Sources:
ipcc-2006-stationary-combustion
Cooling water for heat exchange (pasteurization_cooling_water)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
cooling_water - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Cooling water
- Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
- Measurement basis:
net_makeup_water_not_gross_recirculation - Amount rule: measured net make-up water for the closed or once-through cooling circuit
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Technology-specific (
technology_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_water_and_wastewater_records - Quality evidence:
makeup_water_meter_calibration; cooling_loop_log; blowdown_record - Sources:
beitia-et-al-2024
R717 ammonia refrigerant make-up (r717_ammonia_makeup)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
R717_ammonia - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: R717 ammonia refrigerant
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
refrigerant_purchase_and_charge_mass_balance - Amount rule: calculated R717 make-up allocated to cooling and cold storage during the reporting period
- Value mode: Calculated value (
calculated_value) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (
calculated_from_collection) - Collection protocol:
cp_refrigerant_records - Quality evidence:
refrigerant_purchase_invoice; service_log; cylinder_scale_calibration; opening_closing_charge_reconciliation - Sources:
ipcc-2019-refrigeration
Waste flows
Elementary flows
Outputs
Product flows
Pasteurized rapidly cooled liquid whole egg (pasteurized_cooled_liquid_whole_egg)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
pasteurized_cooled_liquid_whole_egg - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Pasteurized rapidly cooled liquid whole egg
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
net_mass_released_after_validated_time_temperature_and_cooling - Amount rule: measured batch mass released only after pasteurization and cooling records pass
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: quantitative reference of this process
- Basis kind: Process output (
process_output) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_pasteurization_and_cold_chain_records - Quality evidence:
continuous_temperature_chart; legal_hold_time_test; flow_diversion_test; release_authorization; calibrated_outlet_mass_totalizer - Sources:
codex-cxc-15-1976,cfia-egg-preventive-controls
Waste flows
Pasteurizer start-up and diverted liquid egg (pasteurizer_diverted_product_waste)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
diverted_liquid_whole_egg_waste - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Waste (
waste) - Selected flow: Diverted liquid whole egg waste
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
weighed_or_totalized_diverted_product_mass_by_fate - Amount rule: measured start-up, shutdown, under-temperature, or failed-release product sent to rework or waste; rework and waste masses kept separate
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_residue_and_waste_records - Quality evidence:
flow_diversion_log; mass_totalizer; rework_or_waste_manifest - Sources:
cfia-egg-preventive-controls
Elementary flows
Fossil carbon dioxide from natural-gas combustion (natural_gas_fossil_carbon_dioxide_to_air)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
carbon_dioxide_fossil - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Elementary (
elementary) - Selected flow: Carbon dioxide, fossil, to air
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
natural_gas_energy_times_selected_co2_factor - Amount rule: calculate only for on-site natural-gas combustion; do not add when purchased steam is selected
- Value mode: Calculated value (
calculated_value) - Specificity: Technology-specific (
technology_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Fuel inventory (
fuel_inventory) - Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (
calculated_from_collection) - Collection protocol:
cp_fuel_and_combustion_records - Quality evidence:
fuel_meter; lower_heating_value_certificate; factor_source_and_equation_record - Sources:
ipcc-2006-stationary-combustion
Methane from natural-gas combustion (natural_gas_methane_to_air)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
methane - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Elementary (
elementary) - Selected flow: Methane to air
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
natural_gas_energy_times_selected_ch4_factor - Amount rule: calculate separately from natural-gas energy and documented boiler factor
- Value mode: Calculated value (
calculated_value) - Specificity: Technology-specific (
technology_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Fuel inventory (
fuel_inventory) - Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (
calculated_from_collection) - Collection protocol:
cp_fuel_and_combustion_records - Quality evidence:
fuel_meter; boiler_technology_record; factor_source_and_equation_record - Sources:
ipcc-2006-stationary-combustion
Nitrous oxide from natural-gas combustion (natural_gas_nitrous_oxide_to_air)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
nitrous_oxide - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Elementary (
elementary) - Selected flow: Nitrous oxide to air
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
natural_gas_energy_times_selected_n2o_factor - Amount rule: calculate separately from natural-gas energy and documented boiler factor
- Value mode: Calculated value (
calculated_value) - Specificity: Technology-specific (
technology_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Fuel inventory (
fuel_inventory) - Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (
calculated_from_collection) - Collection protocol:
cp_fuel_and_combustion_records - Quality evidence:
fuel_meter; boiler_technology_record; factor_source_and_equation_record - Sources:
ipcc-2006-stationary-combustion
R717 ammonia loss to air (r717_ammonia_to_air)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
R717_ammonia - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Elementary (
elementary) - Selected flow: Ammonia to air
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
refrigerant_mass_balance_loss - Amount rule: calculate R717 loss from charge, purchases, recovery, transfers, and closing inventory; record major incidents separately
- Value mode: Calculated value (
calculated_value) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (
calculated_from_collection) - Collection protocol:
cp_refrigerant_records - Quality evidence:
service_log; cylinder_scale_record; leak_detection_record; annual_charge_reconciliation - Sources:
ipcc-2019-refrigeration
Process: Bulk Filling and Refrigerated Storage (bulk_filling_and_refrigerated_storage)
Inputs
Product flows
Pasteurized cooled liquid whole egg input (pasteurized_cooled_liquid_whole_egg_input)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
pasteurized_cooled_liquid_whole_egg - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Pasteurized cooled liquid whole egg
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
net_mass_into_filling - Amount rule: measured matched-batch transfer mass
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per filling batch
- Basis kind: Process output (
process_output) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_material_and_product_mass_records - Quality evidence:
calibrated_tank_load_cell; batch_linkage; transfer_reconciliation - Sources:
codex-cxc-15-1976
Electricity for filling and refrigerated storage (filling_cold_storage_electricity)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
electricity - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Electricity
- Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
- Measurement basis:
submetered_filling_and_cold_store_electricity - Amount rule: measured electricity for filler, pumps, controls, cold-room fans, and allocated R717 compression during declared storage duration
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Storage duration (
storage_duration) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_electricity_records - Quality evidence:
utility_invoice; cold_store_submeter; storage_duration_and_occupancy_log - Sources:
beitia-et-al-2024 - Range: Provisional cold-store electricity screen
- Range role: QA guardrail (
qa_guardrail) - Lower: 0
- Upper: 2
- Unit: kWh/kg reference product
- Basis: broad non-publishable screen dependent on storage duration and cold-store utilization
- Basis kind: Storage duration (
storage_duration) - Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (
reasoned_estimate)
- Range role: QA guardrail (
LDPE bulk-tote liner (ldpe_bulk_tote_liner)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
low_density_polyethylene_liner - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Low-density polyethylene liner
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
issued_liner_count_times_verified_tare_mass - Amount rule: calculated from liner issue count and supplier or measured tare mass
- Value mode: Calculated value (
calculated_value) - Specificity: Product-specific (
product_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (
calculated_from_collection) - Collection protocol:
cp_packaging_records - Quality evidence:
supplier_specification; packaging_issue_log; sampled_tare_mass_record - Sources:
beitia-et-al-2024
Reusable stainless-steel bulk tote service (reusable_stainless_steel_bulk_tote)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
reusable_stainless_steel_bulk_tote_service - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Reusable stainless-steel food-grade bulk tote service
- Flow property / unit: Item use / item-use
- Measurement basis:
tote_use_allocated_by_verified_lifetime_trips - Amount rule: one tote use per filled tote, with tote manufacture allocated by documented lifetime trips; do not add full tote mass per trip
- Value mode: Calculated value (
calculated_value) - Specificity: Product-specific (
product_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (
calculated_from_collection) - Collection protocol:
cp_packaging_records - Quality evidence:
asset_register; tote_capacity_and_tare_record; trip_counter; retirement_record
Waste flows
Elementary flows
Outputs
Product flows
Refrigerated pasteurized liquid whole egg reference product (reference_product)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
refrigerated_pasteurized_liquid_whole_egg - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh or preserved, egg albumin
8ee52550-935f-4209-b758-c2d060bba326 - Flow property / unit: Mass
93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66/ kg - Measurement basis:
net_filled_product_mass_excluding_liner_and_tote - Amount rule: fixed reference amount after fill-mass reconciliation and cold-chain release
- Value mode: Fixed value (
fixed_value) - Specificity: Not applicable (
not_applicable) - Normalization basis: reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Identity reference (
identity_reference) - Collection protocol:
cp_material_and_product_mass_records - Quality evidence:
calibrated_filler_or_scale; net_content_record; pasteurization_release; cold_store_temperature_record - Amount: 1 kg
Waste flows
Filling and storage liquid-egg loss (filling_storage_product_loss)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
liquid_whole_egg_product_loss - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Waste (
waste) - Selected flow: Liquid whole-egg product loss
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
weighed_or_mass_balance_loss_by_fate - Amount rule: measured spills, retained product, failed fills, and expired cold-store product by fate
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_residue_and_waste_records - Quality evidence:
spill_log; reject_record; inventory_reconciliation; waste_manifest - Sources:
us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971 - Range: Historical loss QA screen before waste-conservation controls
- Range role: QA guardrail (
qa_guardrail) - Lower: 0
- Upper: 0.15
- Unit: kg/kg liquid egg output
- Basis: historical maximum liquid-egg loss to sewer; not a default or allowed loss
- Basis kind: Process output (
process_output) - Evidence kind: External source (
external_source) - Sources:
us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971
- Range role: QA guardrail (
LDPE liner scrap (ldpe_liner_scrap)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
low_density_polyethylene_scrap - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Waste (
waste) - Selected flow: Low-density polyethylene packaging scrap
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
weighed_unused_damaged_or_discarded_liner_mass - Amount rule: measured LDPE scrap by recycling, recovery, or disposal fate
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_packaging_records - Quality evidence:
packaging_inventory_reconciliation; waste_scale_record; recycler_or_disposal_manifest - Sources:
beitia-et-al-2024
Elementary flows
Process: CIP and Wastewater Management (cip_and_wastewater_management)
Inputs
Product flows
Potable CIP and final-rinse water (cip_potable_water)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
potable_water - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Potable water
- Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
- Measurement basis:
net_cip_and_final_rinse_water_withdrawal - Amount rule: measured water by CIP circuit and cleaning cycle
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_cip_cycle_records - Quality evidence:
water_meter_calibration; potable_water_certificate; cip_recipe_log - Sources:
cfia-egg-preventive-controls,beitia-et-al-2024
Electricity for CIP (cip_electricity)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
electricity - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Electricity
- Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
- Measurement basis:
submetered_cip_pump_and_heating_electricity - Amount rule: measured electricity for CIP pumps, dosing, recovery, and electric heating when present
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_electricity_records - Quality evidence:
utility_invoice; cip_submeter; cycle_runtime_log - Sources:
beitia-et-al-2024 - Range: Provisional CIP electricity screen
- Range role: QA guardrail (
qa_guardrail) - Lower: 0
- Upper: 2
- Unit: kWh/kg reference product
- Basis: broad non-publishable screen pending industrial foreground data
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (
reasoned_estimate)
- Range role: QA guardrail (
Hot water for CIP (cip_hot_water)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
hot_water - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Hot water
- Flow property / unit: Volume and temperature / m3 and °C
- Measurement basis:
net_hot_water_volume_and_inlet_outlet_temperature - Amount rule: measured hot-water service by cleaning cycle
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Technology-specific (
technology_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_thermal_utility_records - Quality evidence:
flowmeter_calibration; temperature_sensor_calibration; cip_cycle_log - Sources:
cfia-egg-preventive-controls
Sodium hydroxide CIP detergent (cip_sodium_hydroxide)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
sodium_hydroxide - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Sodium hydroxide solution
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg solution and kg active NaOH
- Measurement basis:
solution_mass_and_active_fraction - Amount rule: measured issue and return by CIP cycle; record active concentration
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Product-specific (
product_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_cleaning_chemical_records - Quality evidence:
supplier_certificate_of_analysis; dosing_pump_calibration; concentration_test; cip_recipe_log - Sources:
beitia-et-al-2024
Nitric acid CIP detergent (cip_nitric_acid)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
nitric_acid - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Nitric acid solution
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg solution and kg active HNO3
- Measurement basis:
solution_mass_and_active_fraction - Amount rule: measured issue and return by acid CIP cycle; record active concentration
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Product-specific (
product_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_cleaning_chemical_records - Quality evidence:
supplier_certificate_of_analysis; dosing_pump_calibration; concentration_test; cip_recipe_log - Sources:
beitia-et-al-2024
Peracetic acid final sanitizer (cip_peracetic_acid)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
peracetic_acid - Direction: Inputs (
inputs) - Flow type: Product (
product) - Selected flow: Peracetic acid solution
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg solution and kg active peracetic acid
- Measurement basis:
solution_mass_and_active_fraction - Amount rule: measured only when peracetic acid is used for the final sanitation step
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Product-specific (
product_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_cleaning_chemical_records - Quality evidence:
supplier_certificate_of_analysis; dosing_pump_calibration; concentration_test; sanitation_release_record - Sources:
cfia-egg-preventive-controls
Waste flows
Elementary flows
Outputs
Product flows
Waste flows
Combined CIP and process wastewater (combined_process_wastewater)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
egg_processing_wastewater - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Waste (
waste) - Selected flow: Egg-processing wastewater
- Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
- Measurement basis:
measured_wastewater_volume_to_declared_treatment_route - Amount rule: measured total to off-site treatment or on-site treatment influent; keep route and product losses explicit
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_water_and_wastewater_records - Quality evidence:
discharge_flowmeter_calibration; composite_sample_chain_of_custody; treatment_invoice_or_operator_log - Sources:
us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971,beitia-et-al-2024 - Range: Historical wastewater-volume QA screen before in-plant conservation
- Range role: QA guardrail (
qa_guardrail) - Lower: 0
- Upper: 0.0075
- Unit: m3/kg liquid egg output
- Basis: historical wastewater volume before waste-conservation modifications; not a default or allowed discharge
- Basis kind: Process output (
process_output) - Evidence kind: External source (
external_source) - Sources:
us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971
- Range role: QA guardrail (
Wastewater treatment sludge (wastewater_treatment_sludge)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
wastewater_treatment_sludge - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Waste (
waste) - Selected flow: Wastewater treatment sludge
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg wet and dry solids basis
- Measurement basis:
weighed_sludge_mass_and_dry_solids_fraction - Amount rule: measured only when on-site treatment generates sludge; record destination and moisture
- Value mode: Foreground record (
foreground_record) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Collected record (
collected_record) - Collection protocol:
cp_residue_and_waste_records - Quality evidence:
calibrated_scale_record; dry_solids_test; waste_manifest - Sources:
us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971
Elementary flows
The following direct-to-water cards are conditional on on-site treatment followed by direct discharge. They are not used when the wastewater waste flow is transferred off-site.
Biochemical oxygen demand to water (bod5_to_water)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
biochemical_oxygen_demand_5_day - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Elementary (
elementary) - Selected flow: Biochemical oxygen demand, 5-day, to water
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
post_treatment_bod5_concentration_times_direct_discharge_volume - Amount rule: calculate from accredited post-treatment composite sample and direct-discharge volume
- Value mode: Calculated value (
calculated_value) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (
calculated_from_collection) - Collection protocol:
cp_water_and_wastewater_records - Quality evidence:
accredited_lab_report; chain_of_custody; discharge_flowmeter; permit_compliance_record - Sources:
us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971
Chemical oxygen demand to water (cod_to_water)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
chemical_oxygen_demand - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Elementary (
elementary) - Selected flow: Chemical oxygen demand to water
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
post_treatment_cod_concentration_times_direct_discharge_volume - Amount rule: calculate from accredited post-treatment composite sample and direct-discharge volume
- Value mode: Calculated value (
calculated_value) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (
calculated_from_collection) - Collection protocol:
cp_water_and_wastewater_records - Quality evidence:
accredited_lab_report; chain_of_custody; discharge_flowmeter; permit_compliance_record - Sources:
us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971
Total nitrogen to water (total_nitrogen_to_water)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
total_nitrogen - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Elementary (
elementary) - Selected flow: Total nitrogen to water
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg N
- Measurement basis:
post_treatment_total_n_concentration_times_direct_discharge_volume - Amount rule: calculate from accredited post-treatment composite sample and direct-discharge volume
- Value mode: Calculated value (
calculated_value) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (
calculated_from_collection) - Collection protocol:
cp_water_and_wastewater_records - Quality evidence:
accredited_lab_report; chain_of_custody; discharge_flowmeter; permit_compliance_record - Sources:
us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971
Total phosphorus to water (total_phosphorus_to_water)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
total_phosphorus - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Elementary (
elementary) - Selected flow: Total phosphorus to water
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg P
- Measurement basis:
post_treatment_total_p_concentration_times_direct_discharge_volume - Amount rule: calculate from accredited post-treatment composite sample and direct-discharge volume
- Value mode: Calculated value (
calculated_value) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (
calculated_from_collection) - Collection protocol:
cp_water_and_wastewater_records - Quality evidence:
accredited_lab_report; chain_of_custody; discharge_flowmeter; permit_compliance_record - Sources:
us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971
Total suspended solids to water (total_suspended_solids_to_water)
Record this named flow as a separate atomic exchange for the unit process; preserve its declared route, source or disposition and do not aggregate it with another flow.
- Flow name:
total_suspended_solids - Direction: Outputs (
outputs) - Flow type: Elementary (
elementary) - Selected flow: Total suspended solids to water
- Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
- Measurement basis:
post_treatment_tss_concentration_times_direct_discharge_volume - Amount rule: calculate from accredited post-treatment composite sample and direct-discharge volume
- Value mode: Calculated value (
calculated_value) - Specificity: Site-specific (
site_specific) - Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference product
- Basis kind: Reference flow (
reference_flow) - Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (
calculated_from_collection) - Collection protocol:
cp_water_and_wastewater_records - Quality evidence:
accredited_lab_report; chain_of_custody; discharge_flowmeter; permit_compliance_record - Sources:
us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971
7. Allocation and Co-product Handling
| rule_id | Applies to | Rule | source_ids |
|---|---|---|---|
allocation_avoid_by_batch | all unit operations | Partition utilities, cleaning cycles, losses, and packaging by measured batch, line, operating time, and mass throughput before allocation. | jrc-fdm-bref-2019 |
allocation_no_product_form_average | product outputs | Never allocate a combined whole-egg/yolk/albumen/frozen/dried campaign into this reference product. Maintain separate campaign records and datasets. | cfia-egg-preventive-controls |
allocation_eggshell_route | eggshell output | Treat eggshell as waste unless a separately weighed output meets a product specification and has a documented consignee. If it is a coproduct, apply economic allocation using contemporaneous net revenue and disclose the sensitivity to mass allocation. | us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971 |
allocation_rework | diverted or off-spec liquid egg | Return conforming rework to its originating batch where traceable; otherwise treat it as a separately measured input to the receiving batch and disclose the transfer. Waste is never credited as rework. | cfia-egg-preventive-controls |
allocation_reusable_tote | stainless-steel tote service | Allocate tote manufacture and end-of-life by verified lifetime trips or item-uses; allocate wash utilities to the actual cleaning cycle. | mass-balance-identity |
8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules
Data Collection Protocols
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| protocol_id | process_id | flow_role | record_type | raw_fields | collection_method | unit | frequency | temporal_coverage | site_scope | aggregation_rule | quality_evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cp_material_and_product_mass_records | shell_egg_receipt_and_breaking; filtration_and_whole_egg_blending; thermal_pasteurization_and_rapid_cooling; bulk_filling_and_refrigerated_storage | raw_intermediate_and_final_product_mass | batch_mass_record | batch_id; supplier_lot; product_state; gross_mass; tare_mass; net_mass; timestamp; scale_id; disposition | calibrated_scale_tank_load_cell_or_mass_totalizer | kg | each_batch_and_transfer | complete_reporting_period | foreground_facility_and_declared_gate | reconcile_each_transfer_then_normalize_to_reference_product_mass | calibration_certificate; signed_batch_record; mass_balance |
cp_electricity_records | shell_egg_receipt_and_breaking; filtration_and_whole_egg_blending; thermal_pasteurization_and_rapid_cooling; bulk_filling_and_refrigerated_storage; cip_and_wastewater_management | unit_operation_electricity | meter_and_runtime_record | meter_id; opening_kwh; closing_kwh; timestamp; process_id; runtime_h; rated_kw; allocation_basis; production_mass_kg | revenue_meter_submeter_or_validated_runtime_allocation | kWh | continuous_or_each_batch | complete_reporting_period | foreground_facility | submeter_first_else_runtime_times_rated_load_then_normalize | utility_invoice; meter_calibration; runtime_log; allocation_worksheet |
cp_water_and_wastewater_records | shell_egg_receipt_and_breaking; thermal_pasteurization_and_rapid_cooling; cip_and_wastewater_management | water_intake_recirculation_wastewater_and_direct_discharge | meter_and_composite_sample_record | meter_id; intake_m3; recirculated_m3; makeup_m3; discharge_m3; route; sample_id; bod5_mg_l; cod_mg_l; total_n_mg_l; total_p_mg_l; tss_mg_l; timestamp | calibrated_flowmeter_and_accredited_composite_sampling | m3; mg/L | daily_and_each_sampling_event | complete_reporting_period | foreground_facility_and_discharge_point | reconcile_net_withdrawal_and_discharge_then_calculate_each_pollutant_mass | meter_calibration; chain_of_custody; accredited_lab_report; permit_record |
cp_thermal_utility_records | shell_egg_receipt_and_breaking; thermal_pasteurization_and_rapid_cooling; cip_and_wastewater_management | steam_and_hot_water | utility_meter_record | route; meter_id; carrier_quantity; unit; pressure; inlet_temperature_c; outlet_temperature_c; condensate_return; timestamp; process_id; production_mass_kg | steam_meter_flowmeter_and_temperature_pressure_log | kg; m3; MJ; °C | continuous_or_each_batch | complete_reporting_period | foreground_facility | calculate_net_thermal_energy_then_normalize_without_route_averaging | meter_calibration; sensor_calibration; supplier_invoice; cycle_log |
cp_fuel_and_combustion_records | thermal_pasteurization_and_rapid_cooling | natural_gas_and_combustion_emissions | fuel_meter_and_factor_record | fuel_type; quantity; unit; lower_heating_value_mj_unit; boiler_id; technology; timestamp; process_id; co2_factor; ch4_factor; n2o_factor; factor_source | custody_transfer_meter_and_documented_factor_calculation | kg; m3; MJ; kg_emission | continuous_or_each_reporting_period | complete_reporting_period | foreground_boiler | fuel_energy_times_substance_specific_factor_then_normalize | fuel_invoice; meter_calibration; heating_value_certificate; boiler_record; factor_citation; calculation_sheet |
cp_refrigerant_records | thermal_pasteurization_and_rapid_cooling; bulk_filling_and_refrigerated_storage | r717_charge_makeup_recovery_and_loss | refrigerant_mass_balance_record | refrigerant=R717_ammonia; equipment_id; opening_charge_kg; purchases_kg; additions_kg; recovered_kg; transferred_kg; closing_charge_kg; incident_loss_kg; service_date | service_log_cylinder_scale_and_annual_mass_balance | kg | each_service_event_and_annual_reconciliation | complete_reporting_period | foreground_refrigeration_system | loss=opening_charge+purchases+additions-recovered-transferred-closing_charge | purchase_invoice; service_log; scale_calibration; leak_detection_record; reconciliation |
cp_cleaning_chemical_records | shell_egg_receipt_and_breaking; cip_and_wastewater_management | sodium_hypochlorite_sodium_hydroxide_nitric_acid_and_peracetic_acid | chemical_issue_and_concentration_record | chemical_name; solution_mass_kg; active_fraction; batch_id; dosing_pump_id; cycle_id; return_mass_kg; timestamp; process_id | inventory_issue_dosing_meter_and_concentration_test | kg_solution; kg_active | each_cleaning_cycle | complete_reporting_period | foreground_sanitation_system | calculate_active_mass_by_named_chemical_then_normalize_separately | supplier_coa; dosing_calibration; concentration_test; cip_recipe_log |
cp_cip_cycle_records | cip_and_wastewater_management | cip_water_energy_chemicals_and_wastewater | cip_cycle_record | cycle_id; equipment_id; recipe_id; water_m3; electricity_kwh; thermal_utility_quantity; chemical_name; chemical_mass_kg; wastewater_m3; start_time; end_time; allocated_product_mass_kg | validated_cip_controller_meter_issue_log_and_cycle_reconciliation | m3; kWh; kg; h | each_cip_cycle | complete_reporting_period | foreground_cip_system | reconcile_each_cycle_and_allocate_once_to_linked_production_lots | controller_export; meter_calibration; chemical_issue_log; operator_signoff; cycle_mass_balance |
cp_packaging_records | bulk_filling_and_refrigerated_storage | ldpe_liner_and_reusable_stainless_steel_tote | packaging_issue_and_asset_record | batch_id; liner_count; liner_tare_kg; tote_id; tote_capacity_kg; tote_tare_kg; lifetime_trip_count; current_trip; damaged_scrap_kg; disposition | warehouse_issue_log_sampled_tare_and_asset_register | kg; item-use | each_filling_batch | complete_reporting_period | filling_area_and_tote_pool | liner_mass=count_times_tare; tote_service=one_use_divided_by_verified_lifetime_trips | supplier_specification; tare_measurement; issue_log; asset_register; retirement_record |
cp_residue_and_waste_records | shell_egg_receipt_and_breaking; filtration_and_whole_egg_blending; thermal_pasteurization_and_rapid_cooling; bulk_filling_and_refrigerated_storage; cip_and_wastewater_management | eggshell_reject_residue_product_loss_packaging_scrap_and_sludge | waste_and_recovery_record | batch_id; material_name; wet_mass_kg; dry_mass_kg; moisture_fraction; reason; product_or_waste_status; destination; manifest_id; timestamp | segregated_container_weighing_and_manifest_reconciliation | kg | each_event_or_batch | complete_reporting_period | foreground_facility_and_first_receiver | sum_each_named_material_by_status_and_fate_then_normalize | scale_calibration; product_specification_if_coproduct; transfer_record; waste_manifest; mass_balance |
cp_pasteurization_and_cold_chain_records | thermal_pasteurization_and_rapid_cooling; bulk_filling_and_refrigerated_storage | time_temperature_flow_diversion_cooling_and_storage | critical_control_and_release_record | batch_id; formulation; total_solids_percent; inlet_temperature_c; legal_temperature_c; holding_time_min; flow_rate; diversion_events; outlet_temperature_c; cooling_end_time; cold_store_temperature_c; storage_duration_h; release_status | validated_continuous_recorder_flow_test_and_batch_release_review | °C; min; kg/h; h | continuous_and_each_batch_release | complete_batch_and_storage_to_gate | pasteurizer_cooler_and_cold_store | accept_only_forward_flow_and_released_mass_meeting_validated_schedule_and_temperature_gate | recorder_calibration; holding_time_test; diversion_test; chart_review; release_signature; cold_store_log |
Calculation Rules
| rule_id | Applies to | Formula or rule | Inputs | Output | source_ids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
normalize_to_reference_flow | all inventory rows | normalized_amount = measured_or_calculated_amount / released_reference_product_mass_kg | measured_or_calculated_amount; released_reference_product_mass_kg | amount_per_1_kg_reference_product | mass-balance-identity |
reconcile_shell_to_product_mass | shell_egg_receipt_and_breaking through bulk_filling_and_refrigerated_storage | accepted_shell_egg_mass = reference_product_mass + recovered_eggshell_coproduct_mass + eggshell_waste_mass + rejected_or_residue_mass + product_loss_mass + measured_water_or_cleaning_carryover_adjustment | all_named_mass_outputs_on_consistent_basis | batch_mass_balance_and_unexplained_difference | mass-balance-identity |
calculate_pasteurization_acceptance | thermal_pasteurization_and_rapid_cooling | accepted_mass = forward_flow_mass where recorded_temperature_c >= validated_minimum_temperature_c and actual_holding_time_min >= validated_minimum_holding_time_min | temperature_chart; holding_time_test; flow_rate; diversion_log; formulation | released_or_diverted_mass | cfia-egg-preventive-controls |
calculate_natural_gas_emissions | natural-gas combustion cards | emission_kg = fuel_quantity * lower_heating_value_mj_per_unit / 1000000 * emission_factor_kg_per_tj calculated separately for CO2, CH4, and N2O | fuel_quantity; lower_heating_value; substance_specific_factor | kg_substance_per_1_kg_reference_product | ipcc-2006-stationary-combustion |
calculate_refrigerant_loss | R717 input and air-emission cards | r717_loss_kg = opening_charge_kg + purchases_kg + additions_kg - recovered_kg - transferred_kg - closing_charge_kg | refrigerant_mass_balance_fields | kg_R717_to_air_per_1_kg_reference_product | ipcc-2019-refrigeration |
calculate_direct_water_emission | each direct-to-water elementary flow | emission_kg = post_treatment_concentration_mg_l * direct_discharge_volume_m3 / 1000 | substance_specific_concentration_mg_l; direct_discharge_volume_m3 | kg_substance_per_1_kg_reference_product | us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971 |
calculate_ldpe_liner_mass | LDPE liner input | liner_mass_kg = liner_count * verified_liner_tare_kg | liner_count; verified_liner_tare_kg | kg_LDPE_per_1_kg_reference_product | mass-balance-identity |
calculate_tote_service | reusable stainless-steel tote | allocated_tote_item_use = filled_tote_count / verified_lifetime_trip_count | filled_tote_count; verified_lifetime_trip_count | item_use_per_1_kg_reference_product | mass-balance-identity |
Data Quality Requirements
| requirement_id | Applies to | Requirement | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
identity_and_formulation | all datasets | Declare chicken species, liquid whole-egg form, zero added salt/sugar/preservative/water/yolk/albumen, thermal route, refrigerated state, gate, and CPC context. | batch_formulation; product_specification; dataset_metadata |
no_route_averaging | all processes | Keep whole egg, yolk, albumen, frozen, dried, non-thermal, packaging, thermal-supply, and wastewater routes separate; no weighted generic route is conforming. | campaign_schedule; route_selection; allocation_worksheet |
mass_balance | each batch | Reconcile shell-egg input, intermediates, reference product, coproduct, all named wastes, rework, and unexplained difference on one mass basis. | calibrated_mass_records; batch_reconciliation |
critical_control_validity | pasteurization and cooling | Retain formulation-specific validated schedule, calibration, holding-time test, flow diversion, cooling, and release records. | critical_control_chart; validation_study; calibration_and_release_records |
utility_separation | electricity, steam, hot water, natural gas, and cooling water | Record each carrier separately by unit operation and route; preserve original unit and conversion. | meters; invoices; runtime_logs; conversion_sheet |
atomic_flow_completeness | all inventory | Each concrete material, chemical, fuel, refrigerant, waste, and elementary emission has its own card with no collective placeholder. | atomic_flows:v1_audit |
wastewater_route_consistency | wastewater and water emissions | Report either off-site wastewater transfer or on-site direct discharge for the same volume; direct emissions use post-treatment samples. | flowmeter; treatment_contract_or_permit; lab_reports |
temporal_representativeness | all records | Cover at least one complete production and sanitation cycle and the full reporting period; disclose seasonal or partial-period data. | production_calendar; cip_log; meter_coverage_report |
estimate_disclosure | every reasoned_estimate | Identify the range as provisional and replace it with reviewed foreground or external evidence before publication-critical use. | review_metadata; uncertainty_register |
9. Validation Rules
| rule_id | Applies to | Rule | source_ids |
|---|---|---|---|
validate_reference_identity | reference flow | Require exactly 1 kg net refrigerated pasteurized liquid whole chicken egg with UUID 8ee52550-935f-4209-b758-c2d060bba326, Mass property, and every required qualifier. | tiangong_identity_reference |
validate_scope_exclusions | product and route metadata | Fail if the dataset includes or averages separate yolk, albumen, enriched blend, salted, sugared, frozen, dried, cooked, ambient-stable, or non-thermal product. | usda-fsis-egg-products |
validate_process_map | foreground inventory | Require all five required process ids and at least one matched batch through each process. | codex-cxc-15-1976, beitia-et-al-2024 |
validate_pasteurization | thermal pasteurization | Require formulation-specific validated time-temperature records, holding-time evidence, diversion records, and release approval; the 60 °C/3.5 min baseline is not transferable to an excluded formulation. | cfia-egg-preventive-controls |
validate_cold_chain | cooling and cold storage | Require rapid post-pasteurization cooling and product temperature at or below 4 °C at gate with declared storage duration. | codex-cxc-15-1976, eu-reg-853-2004, cfia-egg-preventive-controls |
validate_atomic_flows | inventory cards | Fail any collection placeholder and require flow_name, direction, flow_type, measurement_basis, unit, collection_protocol, and quality_evidence for every card. | — |
validate_uuid_scope | inventory identities | Permit a flow UUID only on the reference product flow; all non-reference flow UUID fields remain blank until separately reviewed. | tiangong_identity_reference |
validate_route_gates | utilities, refrigeration, packaging, and wastewater | Require purchased-steam versus on-site-natural-gas selection, R717 refrigeration, LDPE-lined reusable stainless-steel tote packaging, and one wastewater route without averaging. | cfia-egg-preventive-controls, ipcc-2019-refrigeration |
validate_mass_balance | batch inventory | Require explained mass balance for shell eggs, intermediates, product, coproduct, waste, rework, and losses. | mass-balance-identity |
validate_estimates | amount ranges | Flag every reasoned_estimate as provisional and fail publication use unless reviewed acceptance or stronger evidence is recorded. | beitia-et-al-2024 |
10. Published Dataset Profile
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| dataset_role | foreground production package eligible for review as a secondary_dataset or background_dataset |
| downstream_use | ingredient input to refrigerated food manufacturing or food-service lifecycle models requiring thermally pasteurized liquid whole egg |
| allowed_use | unformulated refrigerated thermally pasteurized liquid whole chicken egg at processor cold-store gate with complete batch, utility, sanitation, waste, and route disclosures |
| excluded_use | separate yolk or albumen; enriched blends; salted, sugared, preserved, frozen, dried, cooked, ambient-stable, or non-thermal products; consumer-pack or tanker routes; datasets averaging mutually exclusive routes |
| required_metadata | canonical PCR id; CPC 3.0 23993; species; formulation; solids content; product state; validated pasteurization schedule; cooling endpoint; cold-store duration; geography; reporting period; thermal supply route; R717 system; packaging route; wastewater route; allocation basis |
| required_quality_disclosure | unresolved unit-group and non-reference UUIDs; meter and sampling coverage; mass-balance difference; rework; estimate use; eggshell status and allocation; energy and water allocation; refrigerant reconciliation; discharge permit and post-treatment sampling |
| update_trigger | revise when the Tiangong reference identity changes, industrial liquid-whole-egg foreground evidence replaces provisional ranges, official pasteurization or cooling requirements change, or another product, packaging, thermal, refrigeration, or wastewater route is proposed for inclusion |
11. Data Sources
| Source id | Type | Reference | Used for |
|---|---|---|---|
codex-cxc-15-1976 | official_guidance | FAO/WHO Codex, Code of Hygienic Practice for Eggs and Egg Products, CXC 15-1976, revised 2007. https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/sh-proxy/ro/?lnk=1&url=https%253A%252F%252Fworkspace.fao.org%252Fsites%252Fcodex%252FStandards%252FCXC%2B15-1976%252FCXC_015e.pdf (retrieved 2026-08-13) | clean-egg acceptance, breaking hygiene, raw/treated separation, validated microbiocidal treatment, rapid cooling, refrigeration, packaging and traceability rules |
cfia-egg-preventive-controls | official_guidance | Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Preventive controls for food: Eggs and processed egg products. https://inspection.canada.ca/en/food-safety-industry/preventive-control-plans/controls-food/eggs-and-processes-egg-products (retrieved 2026-08-13) | whole-egg time-temperature baseline, cooling limits, pasteurizer records, flow diversion, holding-time verification, CIP separation, and critical-control evidence |
eu-reg-853-2004 | standard | Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, Annex III, Section X, Egg Products. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2004/853/oj (retrieved 2026-08-13) | separation of washing/breaking/other operations, rapid processing, liquid-egg pre-processing storage, post-processing cooling to at most 4 °C, and shell-particle specification context |
usda-fsis-egg-products | official_guidance | USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, Egg Products and Food Safety. https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/eggs/egg-products-and-food-safety (retrieved 2026-08-13) | product-form distinctions and process decomposition: breaking, filtration, mixing, pasteurization, cooling, packaging, and refrigerated handling |
beitia-et-al-2024 | literature | Beitia, E. et al. (2024), Life cycle assessment of the manothermosonication of liquid whole egg: A comparative evaluation with conventional thermal preservation, LWT 213, 116953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2024.116953 | conventional thermal-route process map; 1 kg functional unit; shell-egg, water, packaging, CIP chemical and energy benchmarks; cold-storage significance; evidence limitations |
jrc-fdm-bref-2019 | official_guidance | European Commission Joint Research Centre (2019), Best Available Techniques Reference Document for the Food, Drink and Milk Industries, JRC118627. https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC118627 (retrieved 2026-08-13) | resource metering, process-integrated water and energy management, cleaning, wastewater, and route-specific BAT context |
us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971 | dataset | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Egg Breaking and Processing Waste Control and Treatment, Water Pollution Control Research Series 12060 FQF 11/71. https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=9101RJ45.TXT (retrieved 2026-08-13) | shell and product-loss fate, wastewater volume, BOD/COD/nitrogen/phosphorus/suspended-solids characterization, waste-conservation QA screens, and treatment-route evidence |
ipcc-2006-stationary-combustion | method_factor | IPCC (2006), Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Volume 2, Chapter 2: Stationary Combustion. https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/2_Volume2/V2_2_Ch2_Stationary_Combustion.pdf (retrieved 2026-08-13) | carrier- and technology-specific CO2, CH4, and N2O calculation method for on-site natural-gas combustion |
ipcc-2019-refrigeration | method_factor | IPCC (2019), Refinement to the 2006 Guidelines, Volume 3, Chapter 7: Emissions of Fluorinated Substitutes for Ozone Depleting Substances. https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2019rf/pdf/3_Volume3/19R_V3_Ch07_ODS_Substitutes.pdf (retrieved 2026-08-13) | refrigerant inventory fields, mass-balance method, service/use loss accounting, and documentation expectations adapted to the declared R717 system |
mass-balance-identity | method_factor | Conservation of mass applied as a PCR calculation identity. | batch reconciliation, normalization, liner calculation, tote-service allocation, and transfer consistency |
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System boundary rules · 8
| Rule ID | Applies to | Rule | Source IDs |
|---|---|---|---|
system_boundary_rule_1 | foreground_system_boundary | The foreground boundary begins with accepted shell eggs and utility/material inputs crossing the processor gate and ends with refrigerated pasteurized liquid whole egg in the declared bulk tote at the processor cold-store gate. Upstream shell-egg production, electricity generation, purchased steam production, natural-gas supply, water supply, chemical manufacture, and packaging manufacture are linked as upstream datasets rather than recreated in this foreground package. | |
boundary_required_operations | foreground process map | Include receipt/breaking, filtration/blending, thermal pasteurization/rapid cooling, bulk filling/refrigerated storage, and CIP/wastewater handling. | codex-cxc-15-1976, usda-fsis-egg-products, beitia-et-al-2024 |
boundary_raw_treated_separation | facility and inventory scope | Keep raw shell-egg and untreated-liquid operations physically and record-wise separate from pasteurized product, packaging, and finished cold storage. | codex-cxc-15-1976, cfia-egg-preventive-controls |
boundary_product_form_gate | all datasets | Include only unformulated thermally pasteurized refrigerated liquid whole egg; reject any average with yolk, albumen, frozen, dried, cooked, stabilized, or non-thermal routes. | usda-fsis-egg-products, cfia-egg-preventive-controls |
boundary_thermal_supply_gate | pasteurization and CIP heat | Select either purchased steam or on-site natural-gas heat for each reporting period. If both are used, meter them separately by batch; never substitute a weighted generic heat carrier. | jrc-fdm-bref-2019 |
boundary_refrigeration_gate | cooling and cold storage | The representative route is an R717 ammonia system. Other refrigerants are outside this route and require separately named atomic input and emission cards before use. | ipcc-2019-refrigeration |
boundary_packaging_gate | bulk filling | Use the declared LDPE-lined reusable stainless-steel bulk-tote route; exclude consumer cartons, HDPE pails, bag-in-box, tanker, and aseptic ambient packaging from this dataset. | beitia-et-al-2024 |
boundary_wastewater_gate | wastewater outputs | Select off-site treatment as one wastewater waste flow or on-site treatment with separately measured direct-to-water elementary flows. Do not report both for the same wastewater mass. | us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971 |
Allocation rules · 5
| Rule ID | Applies to | Rule | Source IDs |
|---|---|---|---|
allocation_avoid_by_batch | all unit operations | Partition utilities, cleaning cycles, losses, and packaging by measured batch, line, operating time, and mass throughput before allocation. | jrc-fdm-bref-2019 |
allocation_no_product_form_average | product outputs | Never allocate a combined whole-egg/yolk/albumen/frozen/dried campaign into this reference product. Maintain separate campaign records and datasets. | cfia-egg-preventive-controls |
allocation_eggshell_route | eggshell output | Treat eggshell as waste unless a separately weighed output meets a product specification and has a documented consignee. If it is a coproduct, apply economic allocation using contemporaneous net revenue and disclose the sensitivity to mass allocation. | us-epa-egg-processing-waste-1971 |
allocation_rework | diverted or off-spec liquid egg | Return conforming rework to its originating batch where traceable; otherwise treat it as a separately measured input to the receiving batch and disclose the transfer. Waste is never credited as rework. | cfia-egg-preventive-controls |
allocation_reusable_tote | stainless-steel tote service | Allocate tote manufacture and end-of-life by verified lifetime trips or item-uses; allocate wash utilities to the actual cleaning cycle. | mass-balance-identity |
Validation rules · 10
| Rule ID | Applies to | Rule | Source IDs |
|---|---|---|---|
validate_reference_identity | reference flow | Require exactly 1 kg net refrigerated pasteurized liquid whole chicken egg with UUID 8ee52550-935f-4209-b758-c2d060bba326, Mass property, and every required qualifier. | tiangong_identity_reference |
validate_scope_exclusions | product and route metadata | Fail if the dataset includes or averages separate yolk, albumen, enriched blend, salted, sugared, frozen, dried, cooked, ambient-stable, or non-thermal product. | usda-fsis-egg-products |
validate_process_map | foreground inventory | Require all five required process ids and at least one matched batch through each process. | codex-cxc-15-1976, beitia-et-al-2024 |
validate_pasteurization | thermal pasteurization | Require formulation-specific validated time-temperature records, holding-time evidence, diversion records, and release approval; the 60 °C/3.5 min baseline is not transferable to an excluded formulation. | cfia-egg-preventive-controls |
validate_cold_chain | cooling and cold storage | Require rapid post-pasteurization cooling and product temperature at or below 4 °C at gate with declared storage duration. | codex-cxc-15-1976, eu-reg-853-2004, cfia-egg-preventive-controls |
validate_atomic_flows | inventory cards | Fail any collection placeholder and require flow_name, direction, flow_type, measurement_basis, unit, collection_protocol, and quality_evidence for every card. | — |
validate_uuid_scope | inventory identities | Permit a flow UUID only on the reference product flow; all non-reference flow UUID fields remain blank until separately reviewed. | tiangong_identity_reference |
validate_route_gates | utilities, refrigeration, packaging, and wastewater | Require purchased-steam versus on-site-natural-gas selection, R717 refrigeration, LDPE-lined reusable stainless-steel tote packaging, and one wastewater route without averaging. | cfia-egg-preventive-controls, ipcc-2019-refrigeration |
validate_mass_balance | batch inventory | Require explained mass balance for shell eggs, intermediates, product, coproduct, waste, rework, and losses. | mass-balance-identity |
validate_estimates | amount ranges | Flag every reasoned_estimate as provisional and fail publication use unless reviewed acceptance or stronger evidence is recorded. | beitia-et-al-2024 |
Processes and inputs/outputs · 5
| Process ID | Process name | Input flows | Output flows |
|---|---|---|---|
shell_egg_receipt_and_breaking | Shell-Egg Receipt and Breaking | 5 | 5 |
filtration_and_whole_egg_blending | Filtration and Whole-Egg Blending | 2 | 2 |
thermal_pasteurization_and_rapid_cooling | Thermal Pasteurization and Rapid Cooling | 6 | 6 |
bulk_filling_and_refrigerated_storage | Bulk Filling and Refrigerated Storage | 4 | 3 |
cip_and_wastewater_management | CIP and Wastewater Management | 6 | 7 |
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